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TITLE: The present state of Great Britain / J. Phillips fecit.
CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 5579 (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-45442 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Print shows a man representing Great Britain, half-asleep, holding a staff topped with a liberty cap which a Native, representing America, is attempting to remove; a Dutchman on his knees before Great Britain is attempting to pick Great Britain's purse; a Scotsman with his left arm over the shoulders of Great Britain and holding the staff with his left hand, fends off a Frenchman approaching from the left.
MEDIUM: 1 print : etching.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, [1779]
NOTES:
Title from item.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5579
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 755.
SUBJECTS:
International relations--Great Britain--1770-1780. International relations--France--1770-1780. International relations--Netherlands--1770-1780. Pickpockets--1770-1780. Liberty--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
FORMAT:
Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings British 1770-1780.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45638 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45638
CONTROL #: 2004673365